I just read an article from Wizard #175, about a Marvel writers “summit” regarding Civil War and the Marvel Universe during the rest of 2006. In it, creators including Brian Michael Bendis, Joss Whedon, Joe Quesada, Mark Millar and J. Michael Stracynski are discussing the possibility of bringing a certain character back from the dead….
I’m taking abreak from reviewing my comic stack today in order to join in on First Comic Week (as started by Chris at 2 Guys Buying Comics). I’ve got three books I consider to be significant firsts for me. The First One I Read Amazing Spider-Man #314, April 1989 Back in the day before I…
Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Bludhaven #1 (of 6) “As a result of the blast, he’s become some sort of Human Bomb.” In case you missed the Firebrand reference a few pages earlier, they were a little less subtle the second time. It appears as though the Battle for Bludhaven may just be a way…
Wow, April 1st and we’re just now finishing up the Best and Worst of 2005. Some may call me lazy for taking so long. Others may call me a visionary for stretching it out this far. Okay, so no one’s calling me a visionary. Sorry for being so lazy. The first seven issues of House…
Unlike Jean-Claude Van Doom, I’m looking forward to Civil War. I’m a crossover junkie, and while I think DC’s putting out a better product now, I’ll always be a Marvel Zombie at heart. However, I’ve vowed to not buy any Civil War crossovers I wouldn’t buy if it wasn’t a Civil War crossover. I passed…
No kid loves anything more than they love snow days. You get out of school. You get to go sledding. You can learn to urinate in cursive. After college, however, snow days become the thing you despise more than anything else. It’s hard to drive, mostly because other people don’t know how to drive in…
Writers! Robert Kirkman, Warren Ellis, Paul Jenkins, Brian K. Vaughan, and Peter David. Not a bad set of comic writers. Combined, they do the funny, the emotional, the action-packed and the weird better than any other five writers you could lump together. Yet none of them are “superstars” like Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Millar or…
Lately I’ve been avoiding advanced solicits as more often than not they end up spoiling the story for you (Deadly Genesis, anyone?). But I was browsing Newsarama the other day and happened upon the June DC solicits, and this caught my eye: ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER #6 Written by Frank Miller…
I’ve been reading Amazing Spider-Man for about as long as I could read. When I was younger, my mom would take me to the Belmont public library, which had a subscription to the title, and I’d check out dozens of issues at a time. I started reading in the era of the “superstar” artists, guys…
It says it right there on the cover to the book: “Probably the Best Superhero Comic Book in the Universe.” Honestly, I can’t think of another comic that could reasonably challenge that. Invincibles’ got everything: Action, drama, humor, romance, depth, subtlety. And when it’s called for, it has some of the biggest and best fights…